Brake-hanger bracket



6.1'. JOHNSON BRAKE HANGER BRACKET Q Filed Dec; v. 1925 Patented @et l2,i926.

new" S TEE S mwa GEORGE r. troransorr, or COLUMBUS', OHIO, Assrelvon'ro-THE 'BUCKEYE STEEL "'cAjsT'- rnes COMPANY, or COLUMBUS, Oia-ro.

` 'BRAKEjEANGER BRACKET.

application fusa neeember 7, i925. serial No. 713,844.

This invention relates to car trucks and has special reference l. to thebrake hanger brackets, the object in view being the provision of abracket of such form as to possess maximum strength and furnish maximumsupport for the hanger pin and which may be produced at a minimumcore-making cost and molding loss. This object is attained in aconstruction such as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and theinvention resides in certain novel features whichwill be hereinafterfirst fully described and then more particularly defined n the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a lan view of a brake hanger bracket emboying the present invention;

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the same;

Figure 4 is al vertical section on the line 4 4 of Figure 3,illustrating the nut lock for the right hand bracket,

Figure 5 is a. view similar to Figure 4 but showing the opposite handbracket.

rEhe bracket is cast integra-l with the car truck side frame, the sideface of which is indicated by the line A-B in Figure 8 and a portion ofwhich is shown at 1 in Figures 1 and 2. The bracket consists of a bodyor web 2 projecting laterally from the side frame and inverted U-shapein cross section immediately adjacent the side frame, las shown inFigures 4 and 5. This inverted U- shape portion of the bracket isdivided by a partition 3 to present two pockets 4 and 5 whichrespectively accommodate the nut 6 and one lobe of the hanger loop orstirrup The lower end of the partition depends below the lower edges ofthe web 2, and it will be noted, upon reference to Figures 4 and 5, thatthe sides of the web are of unequal vertical extent so that at one sidethere is provided a. space which facilitates the placing of the nut.v Itwill also be noted that the lower edge of the partition presentsstraight obliquely disposed surfaces 8 and 9 running to the longer andshorter side walls respectively of the web 2. The outer side wall of thepocket 5 is furnished by the inner end of a block 10. The top side of`the block 10 is disposed below the top of the U-shaped web or body 2, asindicated at l1, and ribs 18 extend along the top of the block at thesides thereof from the outer end of the web 2 to a point beyond theblock where they are united by an end wall 12, the

,upper V`edge of which has lthelsanieioutline as the upper iside of ,the,bloek 10 and. is alined therewith. The space betweenv the block'l() andthe end wall 12 constitutes a pocket to receive the outer lobe of thehanger loop or stirrup 7. On the outertside of the end wall 12 is a lug15 against which is engagedone side of the head 16 on thestirrupretalnlng pin 17 which is inserted through ahned openings in theend wall 12, the block 10, and the partition 3 to engage the lobes ofthe stirrup `and thereby secure the same. The inner end of the pinextends into the pocket 2 yand is threaded to engage the nut 6 in anobvious manner. Preferably, a lock washer 1S is iitted upon the pinbetween the nut and the partition, one edge or corner portion of thewasher being bent up against a side of the nut, as at 19, and anopposite edge portion of the washer being turned over the edge surface 8in the right hand bracket or over the surface 9 in the left handbracket. lt is understood, of

course, that two brackets are provided on each yside frame and that theyare disposed on opposite sides of the vertical center line of the frame.

It will be observed that the ribs 13 do not extend the full length `ofthe bracket and,

consequently, there is a lessening of the depth of this rib portion inthe mold required for the production of the side frame with the bracketthereon. The peculiar arrangement and relation of the ribs 13 and thepockets 4 and 5 provides maximum strength and bearing for the pin 17andv 1. A brake hanger bracket for car trucks i having spaced pocketsat, its inner end and another pocket near its outer end, the outer endbeing of less vertical extent than the inner end, and ribs extendingalong the top of the bracket from the outer end thereof to the innerpockets.

2. A brake hanger bracket Jfor ear trucks consisting oi an invertedU-shaped web, a partition depending from the Web between the endsthereof, a block extending from the Web between the Sides thereof, ribsextending along the block at the sides thereof to e point beyond theblock, and an end Wall uniting the ends of the ribs in spaced relationto the outer end of the block.

3. A brake hanger for car trucks consisting of an inverted Ushaped web,a partition depending from said Weband having 0b- GEORGE T. JoHNSoN.

